Triple

T482604
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tim Wu E9802 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School
The Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School is an endowed faculty chair focused on the intersection of legal doctrine with science, technology, and innovation policy.
E60158 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School | Statement: [Tim Wu, positionHeld, Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School
Context triple: [Tim Wu, positionHeld, Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School]
  • A. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Tim Wu
    Tim Wu is a legal scholar and Columbia Law School professor best known for his influential work on technology policy, antitrust, and internet regulation.
  • D. Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
    The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
  • E. Michael S. Barr
    Michael S. Barr is an American legal scholar and policymaker who serves as a key U.S. financial regulator, overseeing banking supervision and financial stability at the Federal Reserve.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School
Triple: [Tim Wu, positionHeld, Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School]
Generated description
The Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School is an endowed faculty chair focused on the intersection of legal doctrine with science, technology, and innovation policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School
Target entity description: The Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School is an endowed faculty chair focused on the intersection of legal doctrine with science, technology, and innovation policy.
  • A. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Tim Wu
    Tim Wu is a legal scholar and Columbia Law School professor best known for his influential work on technology policy, antitrust, and internet regulation.
  • D. Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
    The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
  • E. Michael S. Barr
    Michael S. Barr is an American legal scholar and policymaker who serves as a key U.S. financial regulator, overseeing banking supervision and financial stability at the Federal Reserve.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f05a7f6c819082b4a5a3e69468a6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a46c622e648190b6d687fb8efa2123 completed March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a46dd72a8c8190b93f4cc323eddf10 completed March 1, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a46e24aaa48190bd7a1337f9257f83 completed March 1, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.